Articles

Antimonopoly Act: Cartels, Dominance, and M&A

Explains Japan's Antimonopoly Act rules on private monopolization, unreasonable restraints, unfair trade practices, mergers, and JFTC orders.

Civil Code: Contracts, Obligations, and Property

Explains Japan's Civil Code structure for private rights, juristic acts, ownership, obligations, contracts, torts, and family matters.

Companies Act: Forms, Governance, and Reorganization

Explains Japan's Companies Act rules on company forms, incorporation, shares, governance organs, financial statements, dividends, and reorganizations.

Consumption Tax Act: Scope, Credits, and Filing

Explains Japan's Consumption Tax Act rules on taxable transactions, taxpayers, exemptions, input tax credits, returns, and invoice registration.

Copyright Act: Works, Rights, and Limitations

Explains Japan's Copyright Act rules on works, authors, moral rights, copyrights, limitations, publication rights, neighboring rights, and remedies.

Corporate Tax Act: Taxpayers, Income, and Returns

Explains Japan's Corporate Tax Act rules on taxpayers, domestic and foreign corporations, taxable income, deductions, rates, returns, and payment.

Employment Contract Act: Work Rules and Fixed Terms

Explains Japan's Employment Contract Act rules on contract principles, work rules, transfers, discipline, dismissal, fixed-term contracts, and conversion.

Equal Employment Opportunity Act: Gender and Work

Explains Japan's equal employment opportunity statute on sex discrimination, pregnancy-related treatment, harassment measures, health measures, and disputes.

Financial Functions Act: Capital Support Measures

Explains Japan's financial functions statute on capital enhancement, management strengthening plans, reorganizations, cooperatives, and oversight.

FIEA: Disclosure, Registration, and Market Rules

Explains Japan's Financial Instruments and Exchange Act rules on securities disclosure, tender offers, business registration, conduct, and exchanges.